Carbon assimilation and transfer through kelp forests in the NE Atlantic is diminished under a warmer ocean climate.

ABSTRACT: Global climate change is affecting carbon cycling by driving changes in primary productivity and rates of carbon fixation, release and storage within Earth's vegetated systems. There is, however, limited understanding of how carbon flow between donor and recipient habitats will respond to climatic changes. Macroalgal-dominated habitats, such as kelp forests, are gaining recognition as important carbon donors within coastal carbon cycles, yet rates of carbon assimilation and transfer through these habitats are poorly resolved. Here, we investigated the likely impacts of ocean warming on coastal carbon cycling by quantifying rates of carbon assimilation and transfer in Laminaria hyperborea kelp forests-one of the most extensive coastal vegetated habitat types in the NE Atlantic-along a latit

SUBMITTER: Pessarrodona A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120504 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature